You Are Not Cast Out
God is working, even when it doesn’t seem like it.
Verse: “All that the father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. —John 6:37
I failed in my life; and like so many others I had asked God to save me when I was young. I went to church and I asked God to save me as a child, but then life happened, and I got worse and worse. I’m not the only one. I have spoken to so many people who have asked God to save them, and help them. But, then they failed; and they could not keep right, not even for a day. They could not measure up to the standards the church people or family or friends put them under. I was the same.
We start going to church and we see the people who pretend to be
perfect, and we don’t measure up. Our life is rough. We don’t have all
the church boxes marked, so we feel judged. We feel that we cannot do
what God wants us to do. We hear sermons, where we are constantly beat
down and fail. So, we quit. We just give up and go back to living. We
can't do the church thing.
But, God did not give up on me. Every tough time in my life, was God
working in me trying to get me to listen to Him. Every good time, was
God showing me He cared. He was with me, even though I ignored Him until
I really needed Him. There are so many people walking around who think
God has cast them out. He hasn’t. If you asked Him to save you, He has,
and He is working.
Now, imagine you hired a contractor to save your crumbling house, and
make it great. But, you forgot you hired someone. Yet, you come home
and trip over boards lying around. You step in wet concrete. You get mad
because of the noise, and cannot figure out what’s going on. Your roof
is gone one day, and some unexpected rain gets in the house. Another
day, you feel nice and warm because all the drafts have been sealed, and
you have new windows, and new insulation. You never see someone
working, but something is up.
You can’t figure out what’s going on because you forgot that you
made a contract with a Master Builder. He comes and works every day.
But, even when he leaves the project to sit for a while, it’s for a
purpose. The concrete is drying. The drywall mud is drying. The
landscaping is growing. But, the Contractor is still working.
This
happened to me, I prayed to receive Christ when I was young, and I got
worse. I never realized the truth of it. But, I knew that He answered my
prayers. Finally, He woke me up, through life’s breaking power, and I
threw myself on Him. Then I started to learn of Him, and grow in Him.
Now I see the boards on the ground, and the wet concrete. I enjoy seeing
the landscape grow; because I’ve let Him teach me, and wake me up. I’ve
studied The Builders Manual. I’ve been taught by the Spirit.
Now I can look back at my life and see that He was there, and working all along. No matter what family said, no matter what the church said, no matter what friends and enemies said. God was there working, and He never abandoned me. No matter how bad I am, He is there working as He promised. Even still today, He is there. Everything that happens to me is Him working in some way. Turn to Him, and learn of Him. Ask Him to save you and teach you His ways. Listen to His still small voice and follow Him. I know it’s hard. Tell Him it’s hard, and that you need Him to do it. Then, watch Him move.
He works on us. He grows us. He does not cast us aside.
Bio: Chris Bunton is a writer, poet and blogger from Southern Illinois. He has published in several magazines, and has written a poetry eBook called “Against the Man” and an Addiction Recovery eBook called “Made Free: Overcoming Addiction“ a collection of dystopian short stories.“The Future is Coming” and his latest book “The Latter Days‘ is a book on Bible Prophecy and avoiding the deceptions to come.
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